Chapter 1 Soon, the Underlings of Yan Qiaoqiao

Soon, that group of Yan Qiaoqiao's defeated underlings stood up again like bamboo shoots after a rain. The games of children are a persistence that adults cannot comprehend.

Therefore,

Yan Qiaoqiao pulled down her Rhine cat mask and returned to the free-fighting stage, chasing and playing with the children.

Zhao Yingjun put her Rhine cat mask into her handbag, took Yan Qiaoqiao's coat in her hand, walked to Lin Xian's side, and watched Yan Qiaoqiao running on the lawn with him.

Lin Xian turned his head and looked at Zhao Ying:

"I'm considering how to tell Yan Qiaoqiao."

"I often think about this too."

Yue Yingjun crossed her arms and breathed lightly through her nose:

"Many times, I feel that this is not a big problem, just say it casually. But after all, we are adults. When considering children's problems, we always think it's simple, casual, and a small matter."

"But if we stand in the child's perspective, maybe this matter is not so easy to accept. Especially now that Qiaoqiao is also sensible and has become cheerful, I am very worried that telling her the truth rashly will have a bad impact on her spirit."

"If you stand from our perspective, these outrageous things are accepted quickly. We are older and have experienced many things, so our horizons and acceptance levels are naturally different. But Qiaoqiao, the world in her eyes is so small, I don't know if she can accept it if I suddenly tell her the truth at this time."

Lin Xian turned the Rhine cat mask in his hand, looking at the cute Rhine cat on the front and the two holes at the eyes.

Rhine cat.

Rhine Village.

He thought of Zheng Xiangyue, the "little girl" over a hundred years old who ran from Mars to Earth to build her hometown.

At that time, Lin Xian also hesitated whether to tell Zheng Xiangyue the real memories and taint her happy life with a childhood tragedy.

But later, after the story of Grandpa Wei Shengjin, Lin Xian realized

No one has the right to make decisions about other people's memories.

The same is true for Yan Qiaoqiao now.

Should he keep it from her all the time?

Definitely not.

Lin Xian and Zhao Ying know the truth and can raise and take care of this biological daughter as a younger sister, and they will not have any psychological pressure.

But in Yan Qiaoqiao's eyes, she is an orphan,

An unwanted orphan,

An orphan abandoned by her parents,

Even if Yan Qiaoqiao doesn't say it, Lin Xian can see at a glance that Yan Qiaoqiao has always had a strong obsession with the word parents.

This obsession has not even disappeared with amnesia, but has become stronger.

Lin Xian didn't intend to keep it from Yan Qiaoqiao all the time.

But what Zhao Yingjun said does need to be considered, that the world of children is indeed different from that of adults.

"Let's take it slow."

Lin Xian raised his hand and looked at the date on his smart watch.

"Qiaoqiao's memory and life status have just stabilized during this period. Let's wait a little longer and tell her the truth in July, how about that?"

Lin Xian suggested:

"It may be difficult for her to accept it at first, but we can accompany her through this process."

Zhao Yingjun nodded:

"That's what I think too."

She smiled:

"Maybe Qiaoqiao will be happy instead, after all... she really likes us and recognizes us quite a bit."

"Yes."

Lin Xian nodded: "Yes."

After that.

The two of them stared at Yan Qiaoqiao, who was sweeping across the battlefield like Lu Bu in his prime.

They were silent.

Neither of them spoke.

Even though the two of them had a child ahead of time... in reality, there was still an unspoken understanding between Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun that had not been broken.

Zhao Yingjun considered Lin Xian and was concerned that his secret mission was inconvenient to disclose;

Lin Xian was also considering Zhao Yingjun, not wanting to involve her in danger and make her anxious and worried for nothing when his own head-falling crisis was about to arrive on July 7th.

Therefore.

July 7th is an important time point.

No matter what Zhao Yingjun chooses to do after learning the truth.

Lin Xian doesn't plan to hide it from her anymore.

In the afternoon.

Zhao Yingjun had something to do at MX Company, so she left with Yan Qiaoqiao.

Lin Xian also took a special car to Donghai University to return the Time Clock to Liu Feng.

Liu Feng took the Time Clock.

Looking at the numbers on it.

He frowned:

"It has changed so much. But as we predicted before, no matter how it changes, it must be a multiple of 0.0000042."

"But, what caused this change this time? Do you know?"

Lin Xian nodded:

"The death of a person."

He felt that the description was not accurate, so he added:

"To be precise, it should be the death of a very powerful person... a person who existed in the form of digital life."

"Digital life?"

Liu Feng looked up and thought for a while:

"I thought digital life was just a science fiction concept. Could it be that some genius has secretly conquered it? Then he is indeed too powerful. In a sense, I feel that the difficulty of creating a digital life is no less than that of creating a time machine."

"But these are two different dimensions after all, so it's hard to compare. Since the value on the Time Clock has changed so much, it's enough to show that this digital life is quite important in history, the future, and the long river of time."

"Generally speaking, the death of an individual, or even the death of dozens or hundreds of people, may not be able to break through the elasticity of time and space and cause the world line to shift and leap. Our previous experiments have also confirmed that time and space itself is very inert and resistant to change, and not as sensitive as the butterfly effect in our intuition."

As he spoke, Liu Feng walked to the blackboard.

He picked up the chalk and drew four parallel lines on the blackboard.

The line above had a much larger spacing, as much as thirty or forty centimeters.

Liu Feng held the chalk and pointed to the closest one.

"This is the 0.0000000 world line when we calibrated the Time Clock; then the line above is when Jask destroyed the entangled spacetime particles and jumped to the 0.0000042 world line."

"Later, you went to the Dragon Science Academy and established the Rhine Second Laboratory, and the world line jumped again, coming to the 0.0000084 world line; today, because of the death of that digital life human, the world line is like a runaway, coming to the 0.0000336 world line."

"Logically speaking... with such a big change this time, shouldn't the future world be changed upside down? Otherwise, how should we understand the value of spacetime curvature?"

On the way here.

Lin Xian had also been thinking about this issue.

But he believes that the magnitude of the change in spacetime curvature may not represent the extent of changes in the future world.

For example, changing from the 0.0000000 world line to the 0.0000042 world line, from the perspective of Earth humans, the future world of the two world lines has changed too much, too much. The phrase 'earth-shattering' isn't enough to describe it.

But.

The spacetime curvature has only changed by the minimum value of 0.0000042.

On the other hand, when the Fifth Dream became the Sixth Dream.

Even though the change was not very big, it was also the minimum value of 0.0000042.

Isn't this a contradiction in terms of settings?

"I think, as far as the current situation is concerned, there are two guesses."

Lin Xian held up one finger:

"The first guess is that the spacetime coordinates themselves are arranged in a disordered manner. It does not mean that if two spacetime coordinates are close to each other, they are very similar and have small changes between them."

Then, he held up a second finger:

"The second guess is that spacetime coordinates are indeed ordered, but the magnitude of the change in spacetime curvature and the degree of change in the future world are not judged and measured from a human subjective perspective."

"I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying. Let me give you an example. For humans, if all humans on Earth become extinct, shouldn't this be a very large change in spacetime curvature?"

"But what about for Earth? Is this change really big? I don't think it's big at all. Humans were not the first residents of Earth, nor will they be the last. So from Earth's perspective, the change in spacetime curvature is not very big. The mountains and rivers are still there, only humans are gone. To Earth, it's just a scratch."

"So how do we understand the magnitude of the change in spacetime curvature? Including the so-called earth-shattering changes and minor changes in the future world. What perspective, reference frame, and baseline do we use to judge?"

Lin Xian's words.

Once again made Liu Feng fall into deep thought.

He pursed his lips, thought for a long time, and looked up:

"I think your first guess is definitely wrong. Countless results show that the universe and spacetime must be orderly, and they must be concise and beautiful. Therefore, the greater the change in spacetime curvature, the greater the deviation angle of the world line."

"But the problem lies in your second guess. From whose perspective is the magnitude of the change observed? Where is the reference frame?"

"Humans evolving from the primitive era to the information industrial era can be considered a huge change; but for Earth, this key step in human civilization has not even used up the resources of the crustal layer. Can it be considered a huge change? It can only be considered a small change."

"If the Earth's overall temperature rises by 5 degrees, is this a huge change or a small change? If the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere increases by 5, is this a huge change or a small change? For Earth, it must be a small change, but for all living things on Earth, it is definitely an earth-shattering change."

Liu Feng smacked his lips:

"Lin Xian, you have provided me with a very valuable idea."

"How do we define the magnitude of the change in spacetime curvature?"

"We definitely can't judge from our human perspective. That's absolute, because humans are not special in spacetime and the universe. We are not qualified to be a baseline."

"But if you ask me what the correct answer is... I can't figure it out at all either. I feel that this has involved the most fundamental rules and laws of the universe, and even the laws of spacetime that we haven't mentioned for a long time."

"I'm afraid we need more experimental data."

Liu Feng walked to the experimental table and patted the Time Clock, which displayed the eight-digit number 0.0000336:

"We must first determine how much the future on this world line has changed compared to the future on the previous world line, and then we can make subsequent judgments and summaries."

Lin Xian nodded.

That's what he thought too.

Originally, he planned to find out the topic of the third question of the Genius Club exam as soon as possible today, then go to sleep and take a look at the Seventh Dream.

As a result, a phone call from Zhao Yingjun delayed everything.

Might as well just do it all at night after going home.

"By the way."

Lin Xian turned his head and looked at Liu Feng:

"Do you have any impression of the name Du Yao? Before, when you heard the name Nangong Mengjie, you knew who she was. Du Yao should be a genius scientist in the field of neurobiology. Have you heard of this name?"

"No."

Liu Feng shook his head without thinking:

"This name is too unfamiliar. If she is really as talented as you said, I should have some impression. I don't know much about the field of neurobiology, but it doesn't sound like an easy field to produce results in."

"To achieve key breakthroughs in this kind of profound field, you must rely on the flashes of inspiration of some geniuses. It is useless to rely on ordinary scientists to accumulate numbers and research time. The principle of quantitative change leading to qualitative change is not applicable to every field."

"By the way, you can ask Nangong Mengjie. Her status and reputation in the academic world are much higher than mine, and her connections are much stronger than mine. If the lady named Du Yao is really as talented as you said, then Nangong Mengjie must know something about her. After all, she works at the Dragon Science Academy and is a student of Dean Gao Yan."

Lin Xian pulled up a chair.

Sat down.

Shook his head:

"I asked her a few days ago. It was about a week ago. The equipment and personnel of the Rhine Second Laboratory in Donghai City were in place, and I also met with Nangong Mengjie and talked about it. She said that she had never heard of the name Du Yao, and also asked many experts in the field of neurobiology at home and abroad. Everyone is unfamiliar with this name."

"I have to say, Nangong Mengjie is indeed very capable, clear-thinking, and decisive. She looks like a natural leader. Dean Gao Yan really didn't misjudge her. Under her orderly arrangement, the Rhine Second Laboratory has already started the research on micro nuclear batteries, and it is expected that prototypes will be produced by the end of the year, and finished products that can be mass-produced and put into the market within a year."

"By then... our Rhine Company's cash flow will reach a terrifying number. In this way, we don't have to worry about money no matter what kind of research we do in the future."

"According to my plan, I plan to let your Rhine First Laboratory focus on the research of cosmological constants, spacetime particles, and time machines; and in the future, we will establish the Rhine Third Laboratory, which will mainly focus on brain nerve stimulation helmets and solve the problem of hibernation amnesia."

"But the problem is, the research on brain nerve stimulation helmets really can't do without Ms. Du Yao's key breakthroughs. I don't even know where to find her now."

As Lin Xian was saying this, he raised his head and found that Liu Feng, who was originally standing next to him, had disappeared.

"Where did he go?"

He turned his head.

Found that Liu Feng had silently walked to the blackboard, staring at the arithmetic sequence written earlier.

""

Lin Xian was speechless:

"I'm talking to you. Are you listening?"

Bang.

Liu Feng picked up the blackboard eraser and slapped it on the blank space between the names of Yan Qiaoqiao at fourteen and Chu Anqing at twenty:

"The truth is always one."

"Are you a comedian?" Lin Xian couldn't help but complain, "Do I need to get you a pair of reflective glasses?"

"The arithmetic sequence is absolute."

Liu Feng's eyes were full of seriousness and rigor:

"According to the reasoning of the arithmetic sequence, Du Yao should only be 17 years old now. She may not have graduated from high school yet. How can she become a leading figure in the field of neurobiology?"

"It may take ten or even decades before she makes a breakthrough in the field of neurobiology. But since you mentioned her name at this time, I think she should be appearing in the laboratory soon!"

"Hehe."

Lin Xian got up directly from the chair and walked towards the back door:

"Goodbye."

When he got home, it was still early, only a little after six in the evening.

Lin Xian put the Rhine cat mask on the coffee table in the living room.

Then, he put the laptop containing the VV source code into the closet and continued to store it away:

"Wait a little longer. When I find a way to solve the super virus from the future, you don't have to continue to play the role of an artificial retard."

"I don't know how you are doing in Zhao Yingjun's office. You have to help her sweep the floor clean."

VV is artificial intelligence. Unlike the digital life Turing, it can split and hide in several places at the same time.

Therefore, turning off the laptop does not affect the operation of the VV sweeping robot in Zhao Yingjun's office at all.

The two VVs are independent of each other, but they are also a whole. They can split and combine at any time. This is the superiority of artificial intelligence AI.

Now that Turing is completely dead, Lin Xian is indeed a lot more relaxed. He feels that the eyes that had been hanging over his head have disappeared.

In order to completely and foolproofly kill Turing.

Lin Xian had made many attempts in the Sixth Dream and tested many situations. Finally, he determined that the three lines of security lock passwords could indeed completely eliminate Turing.

I can only say that

After this wave of tug-of-war, the grievances between Kevin Walker and Turing were settled and came to an end.

Turing used himself to kill Kevin Walker; the security lock password left by Kevin Walker helped him kill Turing again.

Isn't this also a kind of karmic retribution?

"Let's do more good deeds."

Lin Xian said softly:

"Good deeds will be rewarded, and evil deeds will be punished."

Now.

Finally, no one is bothering him.

He can concentrate on looking at the third exam question of the Genius Club.

Lin Xian took out his mobile phone and the golden badge engraved with the Genius Club stamp, and stuck it on the back of the mobile phone.

With a soft sound, the NFC device recognized the signal, the browser opened, and began to jump continuously. Lin Xian watched the flashing webpage.

He couldn't help but start to guess

What will the last exam question be?

Logically speaking, it should be more difficult and harder to answer, right? But it's hard to say.

Because Jask clearly said that as long as you obtain the invitation letter through "conventional" means, these three exam questions are bonus questions.

Cough cough.

Whose fault is it that his invitation letter was obtained by cheating? He has to make up for the ticket anyway.

Thinking carefully, the second question, to perform a historical revision that is as great as possible, is not that difficult.

After all, it only requires as great as possible.

If everyone needs to sacrifice a member of the Genius Club to answer the question like him, then it is estimated that the members of the Genius Club will be almost dead.

"Maybe I used too much force."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly.

But Turing, such a despicable and hypocritical scourge, is destined to be unable to stay. It harms others and himself, so it is better to eliminate it as soon as possible.

He recalled the first two questions.

The first question asked about spacetime knowledge; the second question asked about historical knowledge; then the third question

What should I ask?

Suddenly.

The webpage on the mobile phone screen stopped jumping and stabilized in a black background with white text.

At the top of the page, there was the number 3/3, which meant that he had passed the test of the second question and obtained the qualification to face the third question.

Lin Xian looked at the middle of the screen with curiosity and expectation

Huh?

Unlike the fill-in-the-blank question in the first question and the short-answer question in the second question.

The third question

Turned out to be a multiple-choice question!

This really surprised Lin Xian.

I thought that the third question, which appeared as the final question, would be so simple? The black background with white text wrote an unusually concise question stem.

Does humanity have a future?

Such a simple question.

yes, no

Lin Xian tried to swipe the screen up, wanting to see if there were any other prompts, but found that the page could not be swiped.

It seemed that this was already the complete question.

"Is it too simple?"

Lin Xian didn't know how to choose for a moment.

Sometimes it's like this. If the question is too simple, people will think more complexly and find it difficult to make a choice.

Choose one of two

What should I choose?

Does humanity have a future?

He stared at this sentence and recalled the painting he had seen in the Donghai Exhibition Hall and Einstein's former residence in Princeton

Sad Einstein

He had seen this oil painting twice, both times with Chu Anqing. Especially when he saw it for the first time in the Donghai Exhibition Hall, he also explained the creation background of this oil painting to Chu Anqing:

"Einstein believed that it was his mass-energy equation that opened Pandora's box, thus allowing humans to master uncontrollable nuclear energy, which led to the birth of nuclear weapons, a great killer, and caused the deaths of millions of people."

"But his worries are not only about this. He also worries about the future of mankind and often asks, does mankind have a future? He is worried that after the next global war breaks out, countless nuclear weapons will rain down, which will directly lead to the extinction of mankind and the destruction of civilization."

"So, in 1952, the realist painter Henry Dawson and Einstein met in Brooklyn, where he painted an oil painting for this sad great man, which is this Sad Einstein."

At that time, Lin Xian told Chu Anqing like this.

It was not until later that Angelika told him that there were actually 8 genuine works of this oil painting, all from the hands of Henry Dawson.

Moreover, each oil painting hides a different string of passwords.

The oil painting left by Ji Lin is still gathering dust in the laboratory of Donghai University.

The password on it is too difficult.

Liu Feng and VV have both tried to crack it, but ultimately failed, so they gave up.

Lin Xian really did not expect that

The third exam question of the Genius Club is actually related to Einstein's concerns in his later years and the oil painting Sad Einstein!

In 1952, Einstein was already in his twilight years.

Regret, depression, regret, self-blame These negative emotions constantly tormented his spirit and body, making him physically and mentally exhausted and crumbling.

Does humanity have a future?

This was Einstein's self-questioning in those years.

He did not come to an accurate answer, but his worries and concerns explained everything, indicating that he was not optimistic about the future of mankind, only despair.

Standing in 2024, Lin Xian looked back at this question again.

He did feel that Einstein's concerns in those years were somewhat alarmist. Nuclear weapons are indeed terrifying.

But after Einstein's death, hydrogen bombs, which were ten or a hundred times more terrifying than atomic bombs, were also manufactured.

But so far, no hydrogen bomb has been used in war; and no atomic bomb has been dropped after World War II.

On the contrary, thanks to the formation of nuclear deterrence, the earth has spent the longest period of peace in history.

It is difficult to say whether Einstein and the Manhattan Project in those years were heroes or sinners of human civilization畢竟 after all, it is too early to say these things, and there is still no way to come to a conclusion.

"Then what should I choose for this question?"

Lin Xian's eyes wandered between the yes and no buttons.

He felt that

This is actually a subjective question. Choosing yes or no is a correct answer, it just represents different personal positions and views.

"So, is this to choose my own position?"

"Optimist? Or pessimist?"

Lin Xian was not sure what the purpose of the Genius Club was in using this multiple-choice question as the last question.

But he followed his heart and had never been disappointed in the future of mankind.

Even if he was asked a thousand times or ten thousand times, Lin Xian firmly believed that

Humanity has a future.

So he didn't hesitate.

He directly pressed the yes button.

Click.

This time, the webpage made a crisp sound, and instead of jumping repeatedly like before, it immediately popped up a text box.

Above the text box, the black background with white text wrote the second half of the third question

What kind of future is the best future?